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      PLOS

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      PLOS reviews

      3.1

      49% would recommend to a friend

      (113 total reviews)

      Alison Mudditt

      72% approve of CEO

      38% positive business outlook

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      3.7

      Work/Life balance

      3.5

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.3

      Culture & values

      3.2

      Compensation and benefits

      2.7

      Career opportunities

      2.6

      Senior management

      PLOS has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 113 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The PLOS employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Mídia e comunicação industry (3.7 stars).

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      113 reviews
      1.0
      Sep 7, 2015

      A publisher with an identity crisis

      Editor
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Salary is OK, but it comes at the expense of benefits and working environment.

      Cons

      PLOS is unsure whether it is a publisher with a mission, or if it's a business pretending to have a broader purpose in order to drum up sales. The mission of Open Access is a worthy one, but a lot of publishers are doing it better and PLOS is quickly falling behind--many of its ideas are old-fashioned and naive. As a business, PLOS seems doomed as the entire organisation depends on PLOS ONE publishing 30,000+ articles a year, and if the impact factor drops, the model will quickly become unsustainable. PLOS's downplay of Impact Factor will prove to be what brings it down.

      2.0
      Aug 3, 2012

      pawn of the executive

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      people who are dedicated to furthering science and knowledge and the open access movement are a big plus for PLoS. There are many PhD's and other 'brainiacs' who live and breathe happiness into research. The 'management package' isn't bad with 3 weeks of vacation and they allow working from home when needed. They're understanding with family issues and modified hours.

      Cons

      Without a middle ground, executive level management is either completely hands off and not available or intense micro-managers. There is no in between. Fighting publicly between IT, Finance, and other editorial departments puts middle management and workers pitted against each other. Tempers are rampant and uncontrolled at the top. Entry level workers can barely afford food, while executive levels find ways in which to deny raises and bonuses.

      2.0
      Aug 25, 2023

      Used to be a great place to work

      Editorial associate
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      As a smaller publisher competing with some bigger organisations PLOS offers staff a chance to get involved in different initiatives and opportunities to learn a lot, especially in the Editorial department.

      Cons

      Changes in management around just before 2020 specifically recruiting staff from largely subscription based publishers really changed the ethos at PLOS and led to a mass exodus of staff who believed in the original mission and vision of the organisation.

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